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Summary: The Romanian Access to Information Law Does Not Cover Self-Funded Bodies Request sent to National Trade Register (Click here) Outcome of request Information refused. Time taken to respond 3 working days (Deadline is 10 working days) Reason for refusal Only need to answer requests for individual records. Must pay for access. FOI exceptions applied to registers.   On 30 July 2013 an initial request was sent in Romanian to the National Trade Register by Access Info´s partner, Ionut Stanescu. Romanian law requires the administration to answer access to information requests within a 10 working day period. On 4 August 2013,

Summary: Administrative Silence - No Response to Our Request Request sent to Brønnøysund Register Centre (Click here) Outcome of request Administrative silence. Time taken to respond N/A (Deadline is “without undue delay”) Reason for refusal N/A (No response received).   On 4 November 2013, Access Info sent a request to the Brønnøysund Register Centre of Norway. Under the Norwegian Freedom of Information Act, public institutions are required to respond to citizen requests “without undue delay”. However, Access Info never received a response to the request, making this a case of Administrative Silence. Accessing the Norwegian Company Register Information available (for

Summary: If Information Is Already Available Online, There Is No Obligation to Facilitate Further Access Request sent to Central Registry of Companies (CRPS) Commission for Securities (CfS) Outcome of request Central Registry of Companies (CRPS): Information Refused Commission for Securities (CfS): Information Refused Time taken to respond Central Registry of Companies: 8 working days (deadline is 15 working days). When we re-sent the request, they did not respond. Commission for Securities: 10 working days (deadline is 15 working days) Reason for refusal Central registry of companies (CRPS) The first time we sent the request, three reasons were given: Tax secret/database

Summary: You Must Pay For Access to the Company Register Information Request sent to State Chamber of Registration (Click here) Outcome of request Information refused. Time taken to respond 6 working days (Deadline is 15 working days) Reason for refusal Must pay for access.   On 14 August 2013, Access Info and our partner Iurie Sanduta submitted the initial request for access to the full database of companies to the State Chamber of Registration of Moldova. In Moldova, the deadline for responding to access to information requests is of 15 working days. The response arrived 8 days later, on 22 August,

Summary: Information That Is Available For a Fee Is Excluded From the Freedom of Infomation Act Request sent to Financial Services Authority (Click here) Outcome of request Information refused Time taken to respond 1 day for initial response (Deadline is 20 working days) Reason for refusal FOI exceptions applied to registers.   On 28 August 2013, Access Info sent a request to the Maltese Financial Services Authority asking for access to a copy of the full database of companies registered in the country. Malta's access to information act establishes a deadline of 20 working days for government bodies to respond

Summary: You Need to Pay For Access - The Data is Sold at Cost-Price to Cover the Running Costs of the Register Request sent to Centre of Registers (Click here) Outcome of request Information Refused Time taken to respond 1 working day (Deadline is 20 working days) Reason for refusal Must pay for access. (They are charging "cost-price" for the information.) Another law overrides FOI law.   A request for access to a copy of the full company register database was sent to the Central Register on 27 September 2013 by our partner in Lithuania, Mantas Dubauskas. Lithuanian law requires

Summary: You Must Pay to Access Information Unless You Work for the Government Request sent to Ministry of Justice Outcome of request Information refused. Time taken to respond 23 working days (The deadline is 15 working days) Reason for refusal Must pay for access. Another law overrides FOI law.   On 23 July 2013 an initial request for access to the full company register database was sent by Access Info and our Latvian partner Ilze Jaunalske to the Ministry of Justice. The Latvian access to information law stipulates that the administration must answer requests within 15 working days. On 23

Summary: No Freedom of Information Law and You Must Pay For Access Request sent to Companies House Gibraltar (Click here) Outcome of request Information refused. Time taken to respond 25 working days from original request (No FOI law in Gibraltar) Reason for refusal Must pay for access. No access to information law.   An initial request was sent on 28 August 2013 to Companies House Gibraltar, asking them to send Access Info Europe a copy of all the information contained in their company register database. After 3 weeks, no response had been received, so Access Info sent a reminder email

Summary: Access to the register is improved, but names of shareholders are not accessible. Request sent to Ministry of Justice Ministry of Industry and Business Outcome of request Ministry of Justice: Partial Information, following a series of appealsMinistry of Industry and Business: Information refused. This decision is currently under appeal before the Czech Administrative Court. Time taken to respond Ministry of Justice: 13 working days for initial response (Deadline is 15 working days) but 9 months to obtain partial access to the registerMinistry of Industry and Business: 9 working days Reason for refusal Ministry of Justice: Need to pay private

Summary: Institutions Can Refuse Free Access to Information to Protect Their Commercial Interests Request sent to Central Register of Macedonia (Click here) Outcome of request Information refused. Time taken to respond 5 working days to receive a postal response. However, they phoned us same day we sent the request. (Deadline is 30 calendar days) Reason for refusal Must pay to access the information. Protection of commercial interests.   On 22 July 2013 an initial request was sent by our partner in Macedonia, Zaklina Zafirova, to the Central Register, asking them for a copy of the full Macedonian company database. Legally,